খন

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ক্ষণ (kṣaṇa).

Noun

খন • (khon)

1. time

   Synonyms: সময় (śomoẏ), বেলা (bela), ক্ষণ (khon)

   খনে খনে মনে আসে পুরানো কথা

   khone khone mone aśe purano kotha

   Time and time again I remember old memories.

Usage notes

• This is typically used as a suffix for temporal adverbs. Colloquially, it is very common but, despite being a native word, the Sanskrit spelling ক্ষণ (khon) is typically used outside suffixes.

Derived terms

• এখন (êkhon)
• যখন (jôkhon)
• কখন (kôkhon)
• তখন (tôkhon)
• সেখন (śekhon)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh
• Samsad Bangala Abhidhana, [3] Sailendra Biswas, University of Chicago

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• khana (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• खन (Devanagari script)
• ඛන (Sinhalese script)
• ခန or ၶၼ (Burmese script)
• ขน or ขะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂນ or ຂະນະ (Lao script)
• ខន (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• khaṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• खण (Devanagari script)
• খণ (Bengali script)
• ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
• ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
• ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
• ខណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Verb

খন

1. Bengali script form of khana, imperative active second-person singular of খনতি (khaṇati, “to dig”)